Social activist groups sympathetic for LGBTIQ rights urged the new government of Sri Lanka to make necessary legal reforms to legitimize same-sex relationships between consenting adult women in Sri Lanka, as stated by the NPP policies to improve welfare of the LGBTIQ community.

In 2022, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN OHCHR) stated that the criminalization of same-sex relationships between consenting adult Sri Lankan women violated the CEDAW treaty. The Government of Sri Lanka was urged to make the necessary legal reforms.

The original case which was put forward by Rosanna Flamer-Caldera, Executive Director of EQUAL GROUND, supported by Human Dignity Trust, set a major legal precedent stating that the criminalization of lesbian and bisexual women violates the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

However, at present, neither the required amendments have occurred nor has Ms. Flamer-Caldera been compensated. Despite the change of Government and with the new Government stating in their policies their intent to improve the welfare of the LGBTIQ community, reforms are yet to be seen.